EFL8100 E-flite F-86 Sabre 69mm EDF ARF

E-flite’s F-86 Sabre is designed with one thing in mind, superb scale looks coupled with outstanding performance.

Powered with E-flite’s high performance 69mm Delta-V15 ducted fan unit and BL-15DF brushless motor the Sabre offers true jet-like performance in a beautiful almost-ready-to-fly scale model that not only looks good, it has performance to match.

The model features a beautifully moulded and pre-painted lightweight fibreglass fuselage complete with moulded panel lines and hatches, more importantly though the scale fibreglass intake and clear polycarbonate exhaust ducting has been designed to maximise thrust and overall speed. Added scale detail includes three different decal sets with individual nose-art and nomenclature.

The wing panels are constructed from balsa and lightweight plywood and carry the two chrome steel main landing gear legs and like the steerable nose-leg they feature shock absorbing coils to smooth out landings and in-flight they are quite unobtrusive.

Access to the fight batteries and radio gear is both simple and easy thanks to the large magnetic battery/radio hatch and there is plenty of room for either a 3S or 4S LiPo flight pack without the need to remove the wing to change batteries between flights.

A comprehensive hardware pack and photo illustrated assembly guide is included so there are no nasty surprises for the builder during assembly and thanks to the clever design the Sabre is a relatively easy model to finish.

Whilst not designed for the novice pilot the Sabre is very stable in the air and ideal suited for intermediate and experienced pilots looking for a fast scale jet.

F-86 Sabre

The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was by far the most-produced Western jet fighter of its time with a total production of over 9500 aircraft. The Sabre is perhaps best known for its role in the Korean War where it was pitted against the very competent Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter.

The first MiG versus Sabre confrontation took place during December of 1950 at 25,000 feet when four MiG-15’s engaged four Sabres with one MiG being set ablaze and the remaining three Migs disengaging from the dogfight (bugging out!).This was a sign of things to come as the Sabre ended the war with an impressive 8-1 kill ratio.

Initially developed in the late1940’s with the first prototype flying on 1st October 1947 followed by the first production models flying in 1948 it finally went into service with the United States Air Force (USAF) during February 1949.

Seeing service with over two dozen air forces through out the world the Sabre underwent many changes and improvements during it’s distinguished career, but by the end of the 1950’s it had became outdated. Despite this however the Sabre proved to be so adaptable and versatile that it continued to be used as a front line fighter by many air forces though out the world with the last active units of the Bolivian Air Force being withdrawn from service in 1994.